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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:57:00
Thursday March 4, 2010
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
GOES 15, previously known as GOES-P, is an American weather satellite, which forms part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The spacecraft was constructed by Boeing, and is the last of three GOES satellites to be based on the BSS-601 bus. It was launched in 2010, while the other BSS-601 GOES satellites -- GOES 13 and GOES 14 -- were launched in May 2006 and June 2009 respectively. It was the sixteenth GOES satellite to be launched.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,238 kilograms
Agency
ULAPrice
$164.00 million
Rocket
Height: 62.5m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 10,440 kg
GTO: 6,390 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,895 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4m
Height: 11.75m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
9th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2010
39th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2010
8th
Orbital launch attempt